On the eve of the Battle of St. George’s Caye Day and the Uniformed Parade on the twenty-first which is essentially a parade of primary and high school students, many are wondering tonight if security can be guaranteed around the country. And with much revelry still to come in the September celebrations, the government and […]
The outcry against the violence which occurred during Saturday’s carnival road march has been resounding… and today the People’s United Party issued a statement condemning crime and violence. According to Opposition Leader John Briceño, the violent behaviour and senseless killing are seriously affecting our way of life and are threats to our development. Briceño called […]
Another organization that has joined the chorus against violence is the Erotic Mas Band. The violence hit close to home as one of their revelers was badly beaten that same day in an unrelated incident. Tonight, they’re saying a strong message needs to be sent. Valerie Woods, Fundraising/Marketing, Erotic “We roped off our band and […]
From Belize City to the south from where details are still coming in, but there are initial reports surrounding the death of a Peace Corp volunteer in the village of Hopkins. According to information to News Five, around ten this morning the decomposing body of a seventy one year old, peace Corp volunteer, Bertie Murphy, […]
With the level of violence at a record high, tough legislation in place has sent a Belize City man behind bars tonight after he was denied bail for Keeping a Prohibited Material. Attorney Ellis Arnold submitted in the Magistrate Court today that the charge against his client, Gilbert Franklin, must be dismissed because this particular […]
A man who was charged with Murder walked free after the only eyewitness against him recanted and withdrew her statement. Thirty year old Roger Anthony left Magistrates’ Court to freedom when, acting on the advice of D.P.P. Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait, Magistrate Dorothy Flowers withdrew the charge because the eyewitness gave a new statement, saying she did […]
A six-year old boy is in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after a Caterpillar Roller reversed into him late yesterday morning in Corozal Town. Six year old, Tajeed Williams of South End, was riding his bicycle on a road in the Baeza Layout Area when the Roller ran into him, he was badly injured and […]
Meanwhile, a man is in police custody awaiting charges of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge following an early morning raid at a house where he was found with a fourteen year old naked girl in bed. The raid occurred at a house in the Saint Martin de Porres area. A doctor has since examined the girl and […]
Police are looking for two men in connection with a robbery that occurred early Sunday afternoon. Celso Leal, a thirty-two year old farmer of the San Carlos Area in Orange Walk Town, reported to police that around two-thirty he was relieved of five thousand eight hundred dollars which he intended to use to purchase a […]
The Belmopan branch of the furniture and appliance store, Courts was burglarized over the weekend. According to forty year old manager, Sharon Morris, between one p.m. on Saturday and seven-thirty Monday morning when the store was closed for the weekend, it was broken into. The burglars stole cell phones, digital cameras, two laptops, a weed […]
Since February, the bumpy ride on Albert and Regent Streets has been compounded by street closures due to construction work in anticipation of the upgrading of the downtown area. And over the weekend when a grader rolled into town and streets were once again blocked off, residents watched with excitement as it appeared that the […]
The National Council on Aging is looking for a few Golden Age Heroes. On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons on October first, N.C.A. will be honouring one older person from each district with the Golden Heroes Award and as such is asking for nominees. Candidates must be sixty years or older, […]
And it wasn’t just the crime situation that the Erotic Mas Band is concerned about as we reported in the first segment of our newscast. Following in the footsteps of the Jam Jam Mas Band, this morning, Erotic fired off a four-page letter to President of the Belize Carnival Association protesting the results of the […]
The flag raising ceremony is a traditional and symbolic act on every Independence Eve since 1981 when Belize became a free and independent nation. And this year, another flag will be hoisted on the eve of September tenth and if you trafficked near mile three on the Northern Highway the day after the General Elections, […]
Regional entertainer Oscar B is back in town as part of the September celebrations. The artist will have two concerts for Belizeans, one tonight for a grown-up audience and another scheduled for tomorrow for youths. Oscar B, Entertainer “Tonight is built basically for the grown folks so what is expected tonight is less of the […]
